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Greeting Card for 1952-3 by Stanley William Hayter

Greeting Card for 1952-3 by Stanley William Hayter

Greeting Card for 1952-3

Stanley William Hayter

Title

Greeting Card for 1952-3

 
Artist

Stanley William Hayter

  1901 - 1988 (biography)
Year
1952  
Technique
engraving, soft-ground etching and scorper, with 3 linoleum blocks. 
Image Size
3 5/8 x 3 1/2" platemark 
Signature
in ink, lower right. 
Edition Size
unnumbered edition of about 100 
Annotations
 
Reference
Black & Moorhead 207 
Paper
heavy buff laid 
State
ii/ii 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
21720 
Price
SOLD
Description

This greeting card was given to the artist's colleagues, friends, collectors etc each year. Though not officially editioned they were printed in a campaign of around 100 impressions at Atelier 17.

This image was printed in the first state using engraving and scorper. The second and final state used three linoleum blocks; orange, violet and green which were offset printed onto the copper plate and printed for the edition. Colors will vary.